Chapter 11: Parent-Teacher Meeting, Excited Parents

So, upon hearing this shocking news, almost everyone couldn't help but look toward Li Mingyang sitting in the last row of the classroom.

Although everyone's gaze was the same, their thoughts in their hearts were different.

Some simply felt admiration, thinking Li Mingyang's learning ability was truly not ordinary strong, able to improve so much in such a short time.

Some had darker thoughts, wondering if Li Mingyang had used some shady method, such as cheating?

But being able to copy so many points under such strict invigilation... one has to admit that's also a skill!

But no matter what everyone thought, upon hearing that his score had improved so much, Li Mingyang couldn't help but feel delighted.

Because in senior year three, exams and scores are taken more seriously, so even though this was only a monthly exam, it wasn't simply a matter of posting a report card in the class.

Instead, each person received a copy, and it wasn't just their own report card, but one for everyone in the class.

On this report card, one could not only see clearly the score for each subject, but also clearly understand one's ranking.

Soon, Li Mingyang also received a report card printed on A4 paper; at the moment he received it, he instinctively looked for his ranking.

Their class had a total of 56 students; although Li Mingyang and Luo Yuan had been complete academic failures before, they had not yet fallen to the very bottom.

For such an ordinary class, when it comes to underachievers, one can only say there's always someone worse; the two who hovered around the second-tier line were also the class's bottom dwellers.

But basically each time their ranking was around forty-seventh or forty-eighth.

But this time, counting from the front, Li Mingyang quickly found his name in a relatively forward position.

It turned out to be 16th place!

Upon seeing this name, Li Mingyang was genuinely delighted, still remembering that in the final exam he had been 47th.

And this was just one month's effort, improving by a full 31 places—promising for the future!

Immediately after, Li Mingyang examined his scores; Chinese, as expected, was about the same level as before, having scored 108 points in the previous semester's final exam.

This monthly exam, perhaps because he had memories from over ten years later, saw his Chinese score improve considerably, reaching 114 points, an improvement of a full six points.

Comparing the report card, Li Mingyang quickly identified where his improvement lay; undoubtedly the biggest improvement was in mathematics.

It's no wonder the homeroom teacher singled him out for praise this time, after all the homeroom teacher teaches mathematics.

His total score improved by 86 points, and at least over 80% of that improvement came from mathematics.

In the previous semester's final exam, he had scored 61 in mathematics; this time he scored a full 134 points—an improvement of a full 73 points compared to before!

This can absolutely be called a remarkably exaggerated improvement.

Well, then there's his physics and chemistry; one improved by three points, the other by two points.

As for the other subjects, whether by coincidence or not, he scored exactly the same as in the previous semester's final exam.

Although his total score had improved by 86 points, it was still just over 400, after all his total score in the previous semester's final exam was indeed as low as 338.

After adding those 86 points, he directly reached 424 points, although there is still a considerable gap from the past years' first-tier line.

But at least according to the past years' second-tier line around 380 points, he has already surpassed the second-tier line by over 40 points; if he can maintain this score, getting into a second-tier university is absolutely no problem.

Don't underestimate this score, after all Li Mingyang is not in an elite class but merely an ordinary class, and even the lowest-performing one among ordinary classes.

With 424 points, looking at Li Mingyang's rank in the class shows he has reached an upper-middle level, directly moving from the bottom to a positive 16th place.

Although there is still a gap of nearly 100 points to the top three in the class, after all, no matter how poor a class, there are always a few who love studying and have decent grades.

For example, in Li Mingyang's class, a class top scorer ranked 123rd in the grade would not be considered much.

Yet scores can differ from others by a cliff-like gap; even the first place could score close to 550 points, making admission to a decent first-tier university completely unproblematic.

Even saying it's not an exaggeration at all, if luck is good and one's grasp of the major is relatively good, then one could even get into a relatively obscure 985!

To many people hearing that such a score could get into a 985 seems unbelievable, but after all this is in Qiansheng Province; domestically, the admission scores here are famously low.

Even Li Mingyang himself clearly remembers that in his previous life, after a year of remedial study and taking the second college entrance exam, he had even hoped for Northwestern Agricultural University.

That institution appears to be a double-first-class university among the 985 and 211 schools, and some of its majors were areas Li Mingyang was relatively interested in at the time.

For example, majors like landscape architecture or aquaculture, etc., also have admission lines around 550 points.

"Keep pushing! Strive to conquer math as soon as possible, then move on to conquer the science comprehensive."

"After all, these subjects are the ones that most affect the score; not saying that at that time he could directly get a perfect 450, but if he could get around 430..."

Li Mingyang calculated his scores; he thought he could keep Chinese around 115, as for English...

If he at the last minute crams a bit, scoring a five? Even if we average it out to 55 points, his total score would reach 600!

With such a score, wanting to get into a good university within the province is absolutely no problem!

If at that time his math and science comprehensive perform even better, scoring a bit higher, his total could be six hundred twenty or three...

Then many good universities domestically would basically be up for Li Mingyang to choose, such as the renowned Harbin Institute of Technology, and also the well-known National Defence Seven Universities.

Thinking of these, Li Mingyang is full of motivation, wishing the homeroom teacher on stage would just shut up now so he could continue to immerse himself in the sea of study.

……

"Mom and Dad? When did you guys come over?"

In the blink of an eye, evening arrived; after Li Mingyang returned home from school, he found the lights at home were on, and upon looking further, he saw his parents sitting in the living room.

Originally Li Mingyang was a bit worried, since the parent-teacher meeting would be held next Monday, not knowing whether his parents would come over.

But now it's fine; he no longer needs to worry about that, his parents have already arrived.

"Son's back, are you hungry? Want some late-night snack, maybe some barbecue?"

What was unexpected to Li Mingyang was that he had thought his parents wouldn't give him a good face, but upon entering the door, not only did his father, who was usually at odds with him, show a smile.

And his mother also displayed unprecedented enthusiasm, even proactively offering to treat him to barbecue.

What's going on? Could it be? Is my memory deviating, actually my relationship with my family at this time is quite harmonious?

Faced with such a sudden situation, Li Mingyang was somewhat at a loss, even doubting whether he had suffered a memory confusion.

But soon his mother gave the answer, which instantly enlightened Li Mingyang:

"Originally I and your father planned to come only next week, after all the family business is still doing well at this time, having more people look after things is always good."

"But today during the day we received a call from your homeroom teacher, saying that the parent-teacher meeting will be held next Monday, and also you, you little rascal!"

The Monthly Exam has already taken place, and you've improved by so many points, yet you didn't even think to report the good news to your parents.

If it weren't for hearing from your Homeroom Teacher calling over, we still wouldn't have known.

As she said this, Mom's face showed visible excitement and relief, a kind of open-hearted joy that her son had finally grown up and become sensible.